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Lecture on Low Back Pain

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The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine at Hope College will feature the address, "A research-based approach to the treatment of low back pain" on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Maas Center. The public is invited. Admission is free. The talk will be presented by Dr. Julie Fritz, who is an assistant professor in the Physical Therapy Department of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Services at the University of Pittsburgh. According to Fritz, the prevalence of low back pain and its associated disability has reached nearly epidemic proportions in industrialized countries such as the United States while little is known concerning effective strategies for prevention and treatment. She will discuss the recent research trend that focuses on identifying subgroups of patients who are more likely to respond to a specific treatments. She will also review the current state of research on low back pain, and present one attempt to develop a classification scheme for patients with acute low back symptoms. Fritz is a 1990 Hope graduate. She completed an M.S. in physical therapy at the University of Illinois in 1992, and a doctorate in health and rehabilitation services at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine is designed for health care professionals with an interest in physically active patients, and is intended for students, educators and clinicians alike. It is co- sponsored by Holland Community Hospital, GNA Rehabilitation Professionals and the college.

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Lecture on Low Back Pain

The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine at Hope College will feature the address, "A research-based approach to the treatment of low back pain" on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Maas Center. The public is invited. Admission is free. The talk will be presented by Dr. Julie Fritz, who is an assistant professor in the Physical Therapy Department of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Services at the University of Pittsburgh. According to Fritz, the prevalence of low back pain and its associated disability has reached nearly epidemic proportions in industrialized countries such as the United States while little is known concerning effective strategies for prevention and treatment. She will discuss the recent research trend that focuses on identifying subgroups of patients who are more likely to respond to a specific treatments. She will also review the current state of research on low back pain, and present one attempt to develop a classification scheme for patients with acute low back symptoms. Fritz is a 1990 Hope graduate. She completed an M.S. in physical therapy at the University of Illinois in 1992, and a doctorate in health and rehabilitation services at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. The Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine is designed for health care professionals with an interest in physically active patients, and is intended for students, educators and clinicians alike. It is co- sponsored by Holland Community Hospital, GNA Rehabilitation Professionals and the college.